[WikiEN-l] Titanic, illustrated

Sun Apr 17 23:04:04 UTC 2005

On Sat, 16 Apr 2005, Rick wrote:

>
> --- Richard Holton <richholton at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I suspect that if someone posted to this list being
> > scornful or
> > mocking of, say, Muslim culture, they would get
> > slapped down hard, and
> > likely be banned from the list if they persisted. Is
> > my suspicion
> > wrong?
> >
> > Yet we're very tolerant of this sort of culture
> > bashing when it comes
> > to conservative Christian culture. You don't have to
> > agree with
> > someone's culture to respect that culture and
> > members of it. Let's all
> > try to show a little more respect for each other.
> >
> > --Rich Holton
>
> Very good question, Rich, and I'll answer it from my
> perspective.
>
> Because the Christian culture, at least in the United
> States, DEMANDS, that ONLY their particular cultural
> sensitivities and prejudices be catered to.  There is
> no "If you don't want to see it, don't look at it."
> No, rather, it's "I don't want to see it, so you
> can't, either."
>
Who is this "Christian culture" in the United States you
speak about? And are you implying that the Christian religion
has a monopoly on intolerant & zealous people -- so that
objections from people professing other beliefs alone should
always be assumed to offer objections in good faith?

I would like to assume this is not an example of the ad
hominem attacks alleged to have been levelled during this
extended discussion, but I am finding it hard to read this
post otherwise.

Geoff